Annie Dunman (Hunt) Ure came to Reading initially in 1911 to study Classics at the University College Reading. She was taught by Professor of Classics Percy Ure. After she was…Read More >
Cast
Palmer casts
In May 1913 George William Palmer donated several casts of Egyptian art to the Classics Department. Annie Ure, the first curator at the Museum of Greek Archaeology (later called the…Read More >
Brucciani & Co.
Brucciani & Co. was founded by Domenico Brucciani in the first half of the nineteenth century. His work involved casting objects from international collections via commissions or for commercial sale….Read More >
4. Casts of the Ludovisi and Boston Thrones
(Ca. 1896–1906) While the marble sculptures that these casts represent are somtimes called ‘thrones’ (of colossal gods?), they may have been altar fronts, tops of shrines, fences, stone chariots, or…Read More >
9. Cast of a relief depicting Egyptian soldiers in Ethiopia
(Before 1913) One of the two Palmer casts [see also 10] is this cast from a relief in the mortuary temple or temple tomb of Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of…Read More >
3. Cast of a column capital
Brucciani & Co. (before 1900) This cast is of a capital that crowned a column of the Ionic order or style. The band of lotus and palmettes—as found on the…Read More >
2. Cast of a fragment from the Parthenon frieze
Brucciani & Co. (1889) The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to Athena, the city goddess of Athens. The Athenian leader Perikles directed the sculptor Pheidias to oversee its construction and…Read More >
14. The Putti Casts
Brucciani & Co. (before 1900) ‘Putti’ are depictions of naked children in Italian renaissance art. These are two of the innocents—abandoned or orphaned children—from the Ospidale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital)…Read More >
10. Cast of a relief depicting Egyptian soldiers sailing to Ethiopia
(Before 1913) Another one of the Palmer casts [see also 9] from a relief in the Hatshepsut mortuary chamber shows an Egyptian ship travelling on the Nile to perform a…Read More >
11. Cast of a head of a Lapith
(1920s) This head is a cast that represents a Lapith— man from Thessaly, Greece—engaged in a mythical battle with Centaurs at the marriage-feast of Peirithoos, king of the Lapiths. The…Read More >